"Here they come!" Patch told Oddball.

"Oh, boy!" Oddball cheered.

"Okay, settle down." Patch chuckled.

"Sorry, Uncle Patch." Oddball smiled sheepishly.

And where it seemed only three of the Buddies arrived.

Patch came out with a smile to meet the Buddies. "Hello!"

"Hi, Patch!" the Buddies smiled.

"I have someone who'd like to see-" Patch replied, then saw it was just three. "Um... Weren't there five of you?" he then rhetorically asked, knowing there were five Buddies, but was curious why they weren't all there.

"Hey, dawgs, is it safe to come out?" B-Dawg asked from behind a bush.

"Coast is clear, B-Dawg." Patch replied.

Oddball poked her head out of the doggy door as she saw the golden retriever puppies of the famous sport-playing canine himself.

"As you were saying, Patch?" Buddha asked.

Patch looked to his niece and urged her to come on out and meet her friends.

Oddball halfway smiled and walked over to her uncle's side to meet the Buddies. "H-Hello." she smiled.

"You guys remember Oddball, right?" Patch prompted with a smile.

"Of course I do!" Rosebud rushed over and held her paw up high to the other female puppy. "High-paw, BFDFFL!"

"Huh?" Budderball, Buddha, MudBud, and B-Dawg asked, confused.

"Best Female Dog Friend For Life." Rosebud translated with an eye roll to her brothers.

Oddball high-pawed Rosebud back with a smile and giggle.

"Ohh." Budderball, MudBud, Buddha, and B-Dawg said, understanding.

"Boys..." Oddball and Rosebud rolled their eyes, then smiled to each other.

"So, what else did you have to tell us, Patch?" Budderball asked.

"Oddball will be here for most of the summer," Patch smiled. "Her owner's getting married next month."

"That's wonderful!" Rosebud smiled.

"Uh-huh," Oddball beamed brightly. "I'm so happy for her..." she then sighed in wonder. "Ooh, I wonder if I'll ever get married~..."

"Maybe you'll get married to Budderball since he couldn't stop talking about you after you left." MudBud teased playfully.

"Huh?" Oddball asked.

"Hey, come on, guys, I do not!" Budderball defended.

"Indeed, you do talk about her all the time and how beautiful she is." Buddha teased playfully.

"Looks like you've got a boyfriend, Oddball." Patch smiled to his niece.

"Oh, my..." Oddball's eyes widened and she blushed slightly.

"Guys!" Budderball whined while blushing.

"Now, now, that's enough," Patch stopped them like a responsible father figure. "How's about we play a game, huh?"

"Yay!" The puppies cheered.

"What should we play?" Patch asked.

"New rules, we meet at the field and whoever makes it there first gets to decide." Rosebud said as she carried her soccer ball.

"Meet you there!" The rest of the Buddies said and started carrying their own sport balls.

"Where's the field?" Oddball whispered to her uncle.

"Come on." Patch decided to walk her there.

"Yay! But can you get us there much faster?" Oddball asked.

Patch smiled to her.

The Buddies rushed to the field as quickly as they could. And where they were surprised to see Patch and Oddball there before them. Rosebud was the first of the Buddies after all. B-Dawg was hiding again in the bushes. What did he have to hide?

"B-Dawg, why are you hiding again?" Oddball asked.

"Uh, actually, I was thinking we could play Hide and Go Seek." B-Dawg said nervously as he ran from the bushes with his ball in his mouth.

"Seeking is a good way to start our day." Buddha phrased before meditating.

"Looks like we'll be playing Hide and Seek then." Patch smiled.

"Okay, you're it!" Rosebud called to the boys.

Patch chuckled to the Buddies and his niece as they all ran off to go and hide and he joined them.

Budderball turned his head and looked instantly hungry. "Ice cream..." he picked up his football and ran off to town to catch the ice cream truck.

"Budderball, where are you going?!" Oddball went after the chubbiest of the Air Buddies.

'Where are those two heading off to?' Patch thought to himself.

"Ready or not, your destiny awaits!" Buddha called to the others as he was done counting.

"Looks like we might need to put this on hold." Patch said.

Buddha turned his head as he saw his brother and new friend. "Budderball, Oddball, I see you guys!"

Budderball and Oddball were now going inside a vehicle.

"Guys, stop!" Buddha told them.

Rosebud poked her head out from behind a mossy tree. MudBud looked up from a pile of logs he was hiding underneath of.

The Buddies then chased after Budderball and Oddball as they were going towards the tubs of ice cream. Patch sighed as it was going to be one of those days as he joined the Buddies.

"Hold up, dogs!" B-Dawg rushed from behind the rocks.

"Oh, sweet mama~..." Budderball smiled dreamily as he saw the dozens of tubs of ice cream.

"Come on, Budderball, let's go back." Oddball bit onto his football jersey collar.

"But just look at all the ice cream, Oddball." Budderball said.

Oddball had to admit it, the ice cream in there did look rather tasty. "Well, it is rather hotter here than back home..." she had to admit.

"Come on." Budderball invited as he climbed up to get some ice cream.

"That pup's got a one tract stomach." Patch sighed about Budderball's mannerisms.

"You can say that again, dude." MudBud said.

"Buddha, MudBud, we'll grab Oddball and Budderball," Rosebud devised a plan. "B-Dawg, Patch, you're on look-out. If the delivery guy comes back, bark twice and distract him to warn us. Got it?"

"If the delivery guy comes back?" B-Dawg echoed. "I just know Patch will deliver a tail-whoopin' of his life!"

"Mm-hmm..." Rosebud hummed before running off after her brother and best friend.

"Budderball? Oddball?" Rosbud called out quietly once inside the vehicle. "Where are you guys?"

Budderball came out from one of the tubs, his face covered in ice cream. "Hey, guys, check it out, free ice cream!"

This excited MudBud and Buddha as they decided to join in.

"I ain't scared of nuthin'." B-Dawg scoffed as a cat was on its way.

"Hey, B-Dawg, isn't that Ms. Mittens?" Patch asked.

B-Dawg turned to the cat who then hissed which made him scream and run away.

"What're you doing here?" Rosebud groaned that the look-out was away from his position. "You're supposed to be on the look-out with Patch."

"I thought I could protect you better from in here." B-Dawg bragged as he lied about why he was really in there.

'I might as well join them I have feeling we're in for yet another adventure.' Patch thought to himself with a sigh.

Once all the dogs were in, the delivery man locked them up as it was said to be shipped to 'Ferntiuktuk, Alaska'.

"I think we just got locked in." Oddball said.

"Yep, we did." Patch sighed.

"Oh, goody, company." Colette smiled as she appeared from behind the ice cream.

"Collie?" Patch asked in surprise.

"Oh, hello, Patch." Colette smiled.

Patch blinked in surprise to see his girlfriend.

"Mom was in the truck?" Scruffy and Dot asked in surprise and confusion.

"What was she doing in there?" Vincent asked as he was petting Snow White in his lap.

"Apparently she had a craving for ice cream and followed the truck and where she had somehow got into the truck without anyone noticing." Patch said.

"Girls and their sweets..." Scruffy sighed as he scratched behind his ear.

"So, anyway..." Patch then continued. "This is how we go into Alaska by accident."

"Come on, guys, there's a lot of ice cream that you can imagine." Colette smiled as she licked her muzzle.

"Well, we might as well have something to eat." Patch said.

"They have the best mud pie!" MudBud smiled.

Rosebud found herself unable to resist. "I guess I could have a little bit of strawberry..."

"Anyone know where the rocky road ice cream is?" Patch asked.

"That's my favorite too, I say we follow the path." Buddha agreed with the teenager dalmatian.

As the dogs got into their ice cream, the delivery man got into his truck and drove off, unknowing of the six canine hostage stowaways who were also on board.

"I just love strawberry ice cream." Colette smiled.

Rosebud smiled to her. "Dig in, Oddball!"

"Are you sure I'm allowed?" Oddball smiled at the invitation.

"Just remember, no chocolate." Budderball warned her.

"I remember." Oddball said before heading over to the ice cream Budderball was eating.

Budderball smiled as he actually made room for her to join him.

"Awww! They shared their first ice cream together." Dot's voice beamed.

"Yes," Patch chuckled as he smiled to his daughter who still lived with him. "I think your cousin Oddball and Budderball are a good example, next to your mother and myself, as puppy love."

"Anyway, continue." Scruffy said.

"So after that, we didn't know it yet, but we were on our way to Alaska..." Patch went back to the story.